A custom song for Mother's Day

The one Mother's Day gift that is not a candle, a brunch reservation, or a scarf.

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Whichever Mother's Day you keep, the gift problem is identical. In the US and Canada it falls on the second Sunday in May. In the UK and Ireland it is Mothering Sunday, in March, tied to the church calendar rather than a fixed date. Two different Sundays, one identical scramble for something that is not a candle.

A custom song solves it by using what you actually have, which is thirty years of material. The phrase she has said at every departure since you were nine. The way she still calls to check the weather in your city. Put that in a song and she will play it for people who did not ask to hear it.

How to write your brief

Ideas to include

The phrase she always says

Every mother has one. Text it to yourself before you forget it, then put it in the brief. It is the line that will get her.

From all the siblings

One song, everyone's name in it, one gift instead of three separate panics. Collect a memory from each and send them together.

For grandma too

Grandmothers are mothers, and often the ones who get a card at best. A song about the actual house, the actual kitchen, the actual summers.

Perfect for

  • A mom who genuinely says she does not want anything
  • Siblings pitching in on one gift instead of three
  • A grandmother who has been quietly waiting to be thanked
  • A new mother spending her first Mother's Day exhausted

Tone ideas

  • Warm and grateful, plain spoken rather than sentimental
  • Funny and knowing, built on her greatest hits of nagging
  • Nostalgic and gentle, a look back at the house you grew up in
  • Bright and singable, so the grandkids can shout the chorus at her

Message example

Happy Mother's Day, Mom. Every year I get you something and every year it is wrong, so this time La Ritournelle helped me get it right. Yes, that line in the chorus is what you always say. Yes, we all noticed.

Brief examples

The phrase she always says

Name: Linda. Bond: mother. Occasion: Mother's Day. Tone: warm and grateful. Anecdote: she has told everyone leaving the house to take a jacket for thirty years, regardless of season, to adapt with a real memory. Delivery: played at Sunday brunch. Indicative example, exact lyrics not promised.

From all the siblings

Name: Denise. Bond: mother of three. Occasion: Mother's Day. Tone: funny and knowing. Anecdote: each of the three kids remembers a completely different version of the same road trip, to adapt with a real memory. Delivery: one link sent from the sibling group chat. Indicative example, exact lyrics not promised.

For grandma too

Name: Nana Pat. Bond: grandmother. Occasion: Mothering Sunday. Tone: nostalgic and gentle. Anecdote: the smell of her kitchen on a Sunday and the tin that never had biscuits in it, to adapt with a real memory. Delivery: played on the drive to see her. Indicative example, exact lyrics not promised.

How it works

You tell us

Her name, the memory you keep coming back to, one thing she always says, and whether she would rather laugh or cry.

We compose

We write the lyrics for your review, then produce a fully sung, studio quality track.

You gift it

Play it at brunch, send it before she is up, or hand her headphones and leave the room.

Why La Ritournelle

Frequently asked questions

When is Mother's Day where I am?

It depends on where you are. The US and Canada mark it on the second Sunday in May. The UK and Ireland keep Mothering Sunday in March, on the fourth Sunday of Lent, so the date moves each year. Check your local date, then work backwards. The song itself takes minutes either way.

Can it come from all of us kids?

Yes, and it is the better version. Ask each sibling for one memory, put them all in the brief, and she gets one song with everyone in it instead of three parallel gifts.

It is Sunday morning and I have nothing. Help?

You are fine. Write the brief now, approve the lyrics, and the song is ready in minutes. Same day is normal here, and people do this from the car outside her house.

Can it be funny? She hates being fussed over.

Then make it funny. Tell us to lean on her quirks and her catchphrases and we keep it affectionate. For a lot of mothers, being teased accurately is the sincerest thing you can do.

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